NHER 64156 (Monument record) - Site of the medieval manors of Burghall and Nowers
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF93NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HINDRINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Before 3 July 2020. Documentary Research.
Within the Records of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral Estate, the 1486-1487 field book for Hindringham describes this location as the site of the manors of Burghall and Nowers. The text is translated by [1] as:
"Lord [Thomas] Asteley holds 2 closes lying together called the site [Scitus] of the Manors of Burghall & Nowers, lying next to the common way leading through middle street on the East & tenements of William Mower & Roger Hawne on the West & butting on the common way & on the common watercourse towards Nort...". See Documentary Source (S1).
[1] notes that the use of the latin scitus indicates this was the site of the manor house and associated buildings. The closes themselves would be clearly demarcated by physical boundaries. The external outline of the connected closes are therefore likely preserved in modern field boundaries, however, the exact location of the internal division between the two is not known. [1] does add that abuttals of various surrounding plots suggest that the site of the manor of Nowers lies to the west of the site of the manor of Burghall. See unpublished document (S2).
Also see Blomefield (S3) for further information about the Manor of Nowers [2] and Enclosure Maps (S4), (S5), and (S6).
Late Saxon and medieval pottery and metalwork have also been recovered from this site (NHER 25997).
A. Beckham (HES) and E. McDonald (HES), 13 July 2020. Amended E. McDonald (HES), 28 April 2021.
Associated Sources (6)
- <S1> SNF100618 Documentary Source: Dean and Chapter of Norwich Cathedral. 1486-7. Field book Hindringham. Norfolk Records Office. DCN 52/23.
- <S2> SNF100619 Unpublished Document: Rogerson, A. 2020. Summary of research about the site of the manors of Burghall and Nowers (NHER 64156). Research Notes.
- <S3> SNF4613 Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1808. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol IX.
- <S4> SNF101124 Map: Unknown. 1815. Hindringham Enclosure Award Map. 1 inch: 6 chains.
- <S5> SNF100946 Map: Pratt, R.. 1815-1817. Hindringham Enclosure Award Map. 1 inch: 6 chains.
- <S6> SNF92982 Map: Various. c. 1750-1850. Enclosure Maps accessed via Norfolk Historic Maps (www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk). Hindringham.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
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Record last edited
May 5 2021 2:05PM